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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1861

87 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 5

Parramatta. [From Our Correspondent.] Storm and Accident by Lightning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 November 1861 · page 2

DURING the afternoon of Friday a storm broke over the town which, although of short duration, was accompanied with lightning as intensely vivid as we ever recollect to have seen. One flash was…

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Terrific Thunderstorm

Empire · Monday 25 November 1861 · page 8

ON Tuesday, a violent thunderstorm passed over Queen. beysn, accompanied with very heavy rain and bail, and a tempestuous wind. The weather for two or three days had been opprescively hot and sultry, so that the approach…

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The Great Eastern in the Gale

Empire · Tuesday 26 November 1861 · page 2

THE following interesting account of the Great Eastern's disaster is given by a passenger:- QUEENSTOWN HARBOUR, CORK, Tuesday, September 17.—To the great delight of ourselves…

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Destructive Storm of Hail and Ice

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 December 1861 · page 6

A GENTLEMAN from the country informs [?] that on Wednesday, the 11th instant, about one o'clock in the day, a terrific fall of hall and ice took place, commencing in the Southern disrict, and travelling westward. The morning had been oppressively hot,…

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Terrific Storm in France.—117 Men Buried in a Mine

Empire · Wednesday 18 December 1861 · page 4

The telegraphic despatches from Montpellier state that every effort is being made to rescue the workmen buried by the accident in the Lalls Mine; and that it was hoped by the evening of the 14th communication…

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Destructive Storm of Hail and Icr

Sydney Mail · Saturday 21 December 1861 · page 2

A GENTLEMAN from the country informs us that on Wednesday, the 11th instant, about one o'clock in the day, a terrific fall of hail and ice took place, commencing in the Southern district, and travelling westward. The morning had been oppressively hot…

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Terrific Storm in France.—117 Men Buried in a Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 December 1861 · page 3

THE telegraphic despatches from Montpellier state that every effort is being made to rescue the workmen buried by the accident in the Lalle Mine; and that it was hoped by the evening of the 14th…

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